At 2 minutes after batteries inserted, the clock automatically starts scanning the DCF time
signal.
“
” flashes indicate now is receiving DCF signal
“
” turns on indicate signal received successfully
If reception fail, scanning stops ( “
” disappear on the LCD ) and repeats again at next hour.
Totally four reception will be tried after starting. Each reception takes about 10 minutes.
The clock automatically scans the time signal at 3.00 a.m. everyday to maintain accurate
timing. If reception fail,, scanning stops ( “
” on the LCD disappear ) and repeats again at
4.00 a.m. 5.00a.m. and 6.00a.m.
The clock can be set to scans the time signal manually by holding “
” button (B11) for 3
seconds. If receptions fail, scanning stops. ( “
” on the LCD disappear ).
Hold “
” button (B11) for 3 seconds or enter Time Setting to stop scanning DCF time signal.
Buttons will not function while scanning for DCF time signal unless they are well received or
stopped manually.
“DST” shown on the LCD if it is in Daylight Saving Time Mode
Manual Time Setting:
Hold “ MODE/SET” button (B1) for 3 seconds to enter Clock/Calendar setting Mode .
Press “+” (B10) or “-” (B11) buttons to adjust the setting and press “MODE/SET” button (B1)
to confirm each setting.
The setting sequence is shown as follow:
Hour, Minutes, Second, Year, Month, Day, Day-of-week language, Country,City and Time Zone.
8 languages can be selected in Day-of-week, they are: German, English, Russian, Denmark,
Dutch, Italian Spanish and French,. The languages and their selected abbreviations for each day
of the week are shown in the following table.
Language
Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
German, GE
SO
MO
DI
MI
DO
FR
SA
English, EN
SU
MO
TU
WE
TH
FR
SA
Russian, RU
BC
NH
BT
CP
HT
NT
CY
Denmark, DA
SO
MA
TI
ON
TO
FR
LO
Dutch, NE
ZO
MA
DI
WO
DO
VR
ZA
Italian, IT
DO
LU
MA
ME
GI
VE
SA
Spanish, ES
DO
LU
MA
MI
JU
VI
SA
French, FR
DI
LU
MA
ME
JE
VE
SA
The Time zone is used for the countries where can receive the DCF time signal but the time
zone is different from the German time.
When the country time is faster than the German time for 1 hr, the zone should be set to +1.
